My final project for Programming A2Z was Wikipediae, an alternate version of Wikipedia generated by a recursive neural network (RNN) algorithm trained on a data dump of Wikipedia. The goal of the project was to host a series of linked webpages that were aesthetically similar to Wikipedia, where the text is entirely generated. I was hoping the output would contain an entire alternate universe, with its own countries and geography, political systems, celebrities and cultural... Read more
My final project for Nature of Code was Wikipediae, an alternate version of Wikipedia generated by a recursive neural network (RNN) algorithm trained on a data dump of Wikipedia. The goal of the project was to host a series of linked webpages that were aesthetically similar to Wikipedia, where the text is entirely generated. I was hoping the output would contain an entire alternate universe, with its own countries and geography, political systems, celebrities and... Read more
Wikipediae is an alternate version of Wikipedia generated by a recursive neural network (RNN) algorithm trained on a data dump of Wikipedia. The goal of the project is to host a series of linked webpages that are aesthetically similar to Wikipedia, but the text is entirely generated. I am experimenting with RNN libraries to train on a data dump of Wikipedia, and to find one that create outputs most similar to the training corpus. Meaning,... Read more
I have a couple data sets in mind that I’ve collected and would be interested in working with for the final project, both of which are textual corpora. I’ve done some limited work with applying Justin Johnson’s torch-rnn library toward creative ends and would be interested to explore it in more depth. The results I’m looking for are often similar to something like a markov chain bot, but using an RNN library allows one to... Read more
I have a couple data sets in mind that I’ve collected and would be interested in working with for the final project, both of which are textual corpora. I’ve done some limited work with applying Justin Johnson’s torch-rnn library toward creative ends and would be interested to explore it in more depth. The results I’m looking for are often similar to something like a markov chain bot, but using an RNN library allows one to... Read more
This week's assignment was to do something with genetic algorithms (GA). Genetic algorithms help solve "optimization problems based on a natural selection process that mimics biological evolution" [citation]. In thinking about other things passed on through the generations, I realized I could have some fun with family recipes. So I made a thing that mutates your treasured family recipes. Thought you had the perfect peanut butter cookie recipe? You need to adapt to the times,... Read more